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ORBITAL NEWS DIGEST – 06/05/2014

Welcome to the Orbital News Digest! Here are the latest NEWS and EVENTS from Orbital Comics, links to interesting things we found this week, and a full list of THIS WEEK’S NEW COMICS (at the bottom).

EVENTS

MAY 2 – SATANIC MOJO COMIX #2 EXHIBITION
A metafictional collection of facsimile ephemera tracing the influence of the dark arts on pop culture. Until May 30th.

MAY 7 – ACES WEEKLY SIGNING CELEBRATION WITH DAVID LLOYD & FRIENDS
With seven successful volumes and their upcoming debut on comiXology, Aces Weekly are coming to Orbital for their first ever in-store signing with David Lloyd, David Hine & friends from 5pm.

JUNE 13 – ‘HOUSE PARTY’ LAUNCH PARTY
Come celebrate with us the launch of Rachael Smith‘s debut graphic novel Launch Party! House Party is about three lost 20-somethings feeling disillusioned after being shoved into the real world since feeling like superstars at university. In an attempt to get their carefree composure and happiness back they throw a massive house party, just like they used to. Instead of reconnecting them with their younger selves, however, things go a little differently and the three of them must decide how to move forward in lives that none of them really asked for.

PODCAST

Time for another special episode of the Orbiting Pod! This time, we tackle that wall crawling menace known as Spider-man!

As with our other specials, we look at 4 different tales from web-heads career: not necessarily the best, but a good representation of the life and times of the friendly neighborhood hero. First, we look at the supporting cast of Peter Parker’s life, and how his relationships affect him in and out of costume in Death of the Stacys; we take a darker turn with obsession in Kraven’s Last hunt; we start over again, and join all the dots with Ultimate Spider-man; finally, we get it together with Big Time.

Hey everyone, we’re trying something new this month! You’ll have noticed that comics are going from strength to strength, the list of new comics just keeps growing every week, and there’s been a surge in new titles from smaller publishers like BOOM!, Image, Oni, and others. We’d like to know how interested you are in some of these newer titles, and make you aware of some you might not have known were incoming. Here’s a list of titles due to ship in July, that we’d like your feedback on. Just email your interest in any of the below titles (or others you’re enthused about that are slated for July) to taylor@orbitalcomics.co.uk by May 15th, and you’ll be helping creators, publishers, the comics medium, us, and hopefully yourself to discover new creators and stories! Thank you! (click on each title for more information)